ENERGY EFFICIENCY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM BEST PRACTICE AWARDS APPLICATION FORM
Submission Deadline: March 20, 2015, 6:00 p.m., no exceptions
2015 CA Higher Education Sustainability Conference - hosted by San Francisco State University
This form is only for nominations in the Sustainability in Academics category
This award is meant to highlight the unique role that college campuses play in advancing sustainability—educating
students. The award is also meant to recognize programs that are contributing to the educational component of the
American College and University President’s Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), to which all UC campuses and several CSU
campuses are signatories, which states that signatories need to develop “actions to make climate neutrality and
sustainability a part of the curriculum and other educational experiences for all students”. Academic programs and
projects that are eligible to apply for the award include (but are not limited to) classes focused on sustainability,
sustainability majors and minors, general education sustainability requirements, and interdisciplinary learning
communities. The award application must be submitted by a faculty member.
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Contact Information
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Campus
Contact name/title
Telephone
Email
Project Information (a student group may submit a single nomination for up to three discrete projects)
1. Project name
2. Project location
3. Implementation period
4. Brief narrative description of project goals and strategies (200-300 words)
5. Project budget and/or funding model (include any special/grant funding sources that were obtained for
the project, if applicable)
6. How was the sustainability and educational impact of this project assessed (200 word limit)?
7. Relevancy to the Best Practice Program – Please provide a detailed narrative of the project, highlighting
those project features that qualify it as a best practice readily replicable on other campuses (500 word
limit).
8. Collaborative design and implementation – Describe the way in which this project incorporated
stakeholders from multiple disciplines across campus and/or the local and regional off-campus
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM BEST PRACTICE AWARDS APPLICATION FORM
Submission Deadline: March 20, 2015, 6:00 p.m., no exceptions
2015 CA Higher Education Sustainability Conference - hosted by San Francisco State University
community. Describe how collaboration produced sustainable solutions and improved the project’s
performance (300 word limit).
9. If applicable, describe how this project has been communicated to and received by campus
stakeholders. Describe what has been met with satisfaction or dissatisfaction, and why (300 word limit).
III.
Additional information
Please provide any additional information necessary to assist the selection committee in understanding and
evaluating the project.
IV.
Speaker bio
Speakers will present at the Sustainability Conference if their project is selected for a best Practice Award.
Speaker bios will appear in the conference program. Please submit the following for each speaker (limit of
two speakers per project).
1. Name and Title (should include name, acronyms (PhD, LEED AP, etc), job title, department, and
institution)
2. Email
3. Phone Number
4. Bio (100 word limit)
At least one of the speakers listed here must be a student, staff, or faculty member. Co-presenters from noncampus entities (e.g. architecture firms, consultants, etc.) are permitted. Please note that if the campus
speaker cancels, a co-presenter not affiliated with a campus may no longer be allowed to present.
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Nomination submittal
Send completed Nominations to Janika McFeely, Sustainability Specialist at the University of California Office
of the President (janika.mcfeely@ucop.edu). All submittals must be received by 6:00 p.m. on March 20th,
2015, no exceptions.
Answers to frequently asked questions can be found at: http://chesc.org/awards/faq.php. Please direct any
other questions to Janika McFeely, (510)987-9896.
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